All articles by Silvia Wong
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NewsIndia's 'The Fourth Direction' takes top award at Singapore fest
Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh’s The Fourth Direction won the top award of best film at the 26th Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards.
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NewsPinewood Malaysia sets sights on China
Pinewood Malaysia CEO Rezal Rahman spoke to Screen during the Asia TV Forum & Market.
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NewsChina: 'The Martian' tops 'Gravity', 'Interstellar' openings on $50m
Fox’s The Martian landed in pole position at the China box office with an impressive $48.95m in its first five days.
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FeaturesAsia TV Forum & Market 2015: small screen, big picture
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Singapore’s thriving Asia TV Forum & Market is designed to offer real insights into how to reach Asian TV audiences. Silvia Wong reports
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NewsMarathi films make waves at Film Bazaar
Mumbai-based Film City is presenting a package of nine Marathi-language films at Film Bazaar, as part of the Maharashtra state’s initiative to promote Marathi culture.
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NewsKids' content can get boost from local angle
Market for India’s children’s films can also benefit from 4G expansion.
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NewsIndie India explores new platforms
Film Bazaar panel looks at new ways to connect non-Bollywood films with audiences.
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NewsIndian kids' projects head to Sweden
Sweden’s Financing Forum for Kids Content has selected two projects from Film Bazaar’s inaugural Children Screenwriters’ Lab for its 10th edition.
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NewsMobile is driving India Internet boom
India is set to overtake the US in its Internet usage base.
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NewsClinik launches new workshops for South Asian filmmakers
Kathmandu-based script and production development lab Clinik.Kathmandu is set to launch two new programmes for young South Asian filmmakers for its 2016 edition.
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News'Court' actress joins Sandhya
EXCLUSIVE: Actress Geetanjali Kulkarni, who was last seen in the multiple award-winning drama Court, has joined Mukti Krishan’s feature debut Sandhya, one of the 19 projects chosen for the Film Bazaar’s Co-Production Market this year.
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News'Bombairiya' to resume shoot in December
EXCLUSIVE: Caper comedy by Pia Sukanya is scheduled for release in first half of 2016.
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NewsFilm Tourism Workshop readies India for its 'Hobbit' moment
As part of Film Bazaar’s initiative to promote India as a filming destination, a film tourism workshop was conducted for the first time with local and international experts sharing their insight on various aspects of film tourism.
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NewsSA backers move into Blecher's Paradise
EXCLUSIVE: NFDC’s Co-Production Market project On the Way to Paradise has received funding from three separate government bodies in South Africa: the Department of Trade and Industry, the National Film and Video Foundation and KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission.
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NewsGSP takes UK rights to 'Unromantic Woman'
EXCLUSIVE: Film Bazaar’s Co-Production Market project Joan Carr-Wiggin’s An Unromantic Woman has presold to the UK, with GSP Studios picking up the film from Toronto-based production company Paragraph Pictures.
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NewsChina box office: 'Spectre' breaks records for Sony
The latest instalment of the James Bond franchise debuted with an impressive $48.55m over its three-day opening weekend.
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News'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' tops China box office on $21.5m
Three Hollywood and two local new releases entered the weekly chart, with Fox’s Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials raced to the top with $21.54m from its first five days.
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News'Ant-Man' reigns in China; Jia Zhangke has biggest hit
Ant-Man crossed $1m, while Mountains May Depart debuted as Jia Zhangke’s biggest hit.
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NewsEmperor, Wanda take rights to Keigo Higashino bestseller
Japanese novel Miracles Of The Namiya General Store has sold 1.6 million copies in China.
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News'Ant-Man' takes Chinese box office lead; 'Pan' flops
Ant-Man topped the chart as Goodbye Mr Loser raced past $200m.